Barbra Streisand News

Sisters Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway recently stopped by Meredith Vieira's hit syndicated talk show to ring in the holidays with a performance of 'Mary, Did You Know?' Check it out below!

The Muny announced today the directors, choreographers and music directors for the Muny's 2015 Season, which opens on June 15 with My Fair Lady. 'This is a thrilling roster of artists,' said Muny Artistic Director and Executive Producer Mike Isaacson. 'We look forward to bringing their vision and talent to our grand stage.'

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: 'WOMEN ON THE VERGE', with Tamsin Greig and more, begins tonight in the West End, the Von Trapp kids come together at 54 Below, and Michael Buble brings Christmas to New York!

Multi Grammy Award-winning singer Michael Buble celebrates the holiday season with his fourth annual NBC Christmas special, 'Michael Buble's Christmas in New York,' airing tonight, Dec. 17 (8 p.m. ET/PT).

Michael Buble' has much to celebrate this holiday season. The multi-Grammy winning award singer, songwriter and global entertainer will be completing the l57th performance of his phenomenally successful sold out world tour this week in London.

Nicole Scherzinger just made her West End stage debut as 'Grizabella' in Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-breaking musical Cats, returning to the West End for a strictly limited run at the London Palladium. Below, check out a photo of creative team Webber, Trevor Nunn and John Napier posing at the show's #CatSnaps portrait, as featured on the official Facebook page.

From world-class vocal jazz to celebrity impersonations and humorous inspirations, Stoneham Theatre heats things up with three special events and offers a great way to get out of the cold this January. 'We love being able to offer our audiences a chance to experience these fantastic attractions up-close in our intimate, theatrical setting,' conveyed Producing Artistic Director Weylin Symes.

Unless you've been living under a rock this year, you will know that this year has been the YEAR OF IDINA MENZEL. With Elsa from FROZEN and her soaring vocal on Bobby and Kristen Lopez's 'Let It Go', inspiring more YOUTUBE videos than even Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' and then, John Travolta's 'gaffe' on Oscar night, annointing her with the new name of ADELE DAZEEM, it was off to a pretty good start.

Michael Buble stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about his upcoming NBC holdiay special featuring Barbra Streisand and Ariana Grande. Check out the appearance below!

Philadelphia's treasured musical tradition - The Philly POPS Christmas Spectacular - returns to Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for eight festive performances, now through December 20, 2014, led by Britain's celebrated Philadelphia-raised conductor David Charles Abell. Philadelphia native and Broadway vet Hugh Panaro, who will be making his POPS debut with the show, stopped by CBS 3 to chat about how he got his start onstage and his return home for the concerts. Click below to watch the interview!

BroadwayWorld.com is, once again, celebrating the Holiday Season with a special 'countdown' which will reveal some favorite holiday-themed performances! For the 5th Anniversary of this Exclusive Feature, we've invited director/producer Richard Jay-Alexander to be our first-ever Guest Editor, to share with us HIS holiday favorites. His list will be composed of holiday songs and boasting performances with artists we know and love from Broadway and beyond. We'll bet that this countdown will surely get you into the holiday spirit, as the big day rolls around on December 25th, but we won't forget Chanukkah and Kwanza either. This is sure to be a 'Must Check-In Daily' event to see what's on RJA's list, while we wish you Happy Holidays from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com!

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Dorothy Bishop, Forever Deadward: The Vampire Musical Parody, The Von Trapp Children: From The Sound of Music Live!, the 7th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, and We Got You, Babe: 54 Shares Cher.

In a new interview in today's Billboard.com, Streisand shared her thoughts on the Number One album and her long and steady career in show business.

Today, December 12, 2014, 'LIVE with Kelly and Michael' hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan welcome Tony Award winner and Broadway powerhouse IDINA MENZEL to close out 'LIVE's Holiday Hits Week' with a performance for the 'LIVE' audience.

Karen Mason, acclaimed vocalist and Broadway veteran, is bringing her one-woman show Secrets of the Ancient Divas to the Haft Theater at FIT today, December 12 at 2pm. Produced by Healing Arts Initiative (HAI) and co-sponsored by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Ms. Mason will pay homage to her personal idols, performing the songs of such iconic singers as Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand and more.

Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir (GNVGC) presents three uplifting holiday performances of Making Spirits Bright: A Good Noise Gospel Christmas tonight and tomorrow, December 12 and 13, 2014 at 7:30pm, Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver and Saturday, December 14, 2014 at 3pm, Fraserview MB Church in Richmond.

Since Idina Menzel is having a whirlwind month of both performing on Broadway and releasing a chart-reaching (and wonderful) holiday album, we decided to follow this 'Broadway stars goes big' as she travels the world's stages, the small screen and beyond with all sorts of wonderful appearances this season. For a look at what she's been up to this week, read on!

Nicole Scherzinger will make her West End stage debut as 'Grizabella' in Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-breaking musical Cats. Returning to the West End for a strictly limited run at the London Palladium, press night is tonight 11 December at 7pm.